New Delhi: Even as Congress president Rahul Gandhi blamed poverty and unemployment for the current series of violent attacks on non-Gujaratis, mostly factory workers from North India, in the state, CM Vijay Rupani alleged that it is the Congress that is inciting violence against the migrants.
ग़रीबी से बड़ी कोई दहशत नहीं है| गुजरात में हो रहे हिंसा की जड़ वहाँ के बंद पड़े कारख़ाने और बेरोज़गारी है| व्यवस्था और अर्थव्यवस्था दोनो चरमरा रही है| प्रवासी श्रमिकों को इसका निशाना बनाना पूर्णत ग़लत है| मैं पूरी तरह से इसके ख़िलाफ़ खड़ा रहूँगा| pic.twitter.com/yLabmmZDwk— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 8, 2018
The Gujarat CM, in a series of tweets, urged the Congress chief to not indulge in blame game but rather “take action against its own members who incited violence”.
Congress first incites violence against Migrants.Congress President tweets to condemn this violence.Does the Congress President not have any shame?— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) October 8, 2018
If the Congress President is against the violence in Gujarat, he needs to take action against its own members who incited violence against the migrants in Gujarat.Tweeting is not the solution, taking action is! But will he act?— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) October 8, 2018
We are working hard to ensure trust & confidence among all citizens that they are safe & secure in Gujarat, instead of indulging in blame game.— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) October 8, 2018
However, Congress President needs to be ashamed of tweeting this when his own party is inciting violence against migrants.— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) October 8, 2018
Migrants, especially those hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were targeted in several parts of the state following the arrest of a Bihar native for allegedly raping a 14-month-old girl in Sabarkantha district.
The victim belongs to the Thakor community. Police have arrested Ravindra Sahu, a labourer hailing from Bihar and working in a local ceramic factory, for the crime.
After it came to light that the rape accused hailed from Bihar, the Kshatriya Thakor Sena workers, led by prominent Thakor leader and Congress legislator Alpesh Thakor, said migrant workers from other states should not be given jobs in Gujarat.
The attacks occurred after hate messages against non-Gujaratis, particularly those from Bihar and UP, were circulated on social media like Whatsapp.
Earlier, a JD(U) leader wrote a two-page open letter to Rahul Gandhi, blaming his party for the violence. "You appointed your Gujarat MLA Alpesh Thakor as one of the national secretaries in-charge of Bihar and his outfit Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena is driving out migrant Biharis," Neeraj Kumar, JD(U) MLC and spokesman, alleged.
Following the incident, Congress legislator Alpesh Thakor on Friday appealed to his community and members of his outfit, who were allegedly involved in the attacks, to maintain peace, saying “non-Gujaratis are also our brothers”.
While police have arrested several members of the Thakor Sena in connection with the attacks and also mentioned the outfit's name in some of the FIRs, its president Alpesh Thakor alleged that youth from the community were being falsely implicated.
Meanwhile, CM Rupani on Monday urged migrant workers to return to the state as widespread attacks on them sparked an exodus, prompting the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to express concern.
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